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lynched; lynching; lynches
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
lyncher
noun
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His work to document the wrongful death of Coronado’s Alton Collier in 1946 has led to the Equal Justice Initiative including Collier in its listing of racial terror lynching victims.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Further examination of the materials published as part of those attacks reveals language that hearkens back to the same excuses used for lynching in the Deep South.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
Rectangular steel markers, their shape like a coffin hanging from a limb, serve as monuments to 4,400 Black Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The general plot of the movie, involving a white graduate student researching an urban legend about a Black son of a slave who was lynched for falling in love with a white woman, offers complex questions for viewers to ponder.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
lynch
verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal authority
lyncher
noun
Legal Definition
lynch
transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
lyncher
noun
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